Fast Weight Loss Diets

Of all the fast weight loss diets this has got to be the best. I use it
and it works a treat. In fact when my sister saw me after I had been on the
diet for 3 months she said I should not stay on it much longer or I would
become too thin!

The Fast Diet as it is called is described by Dr Michael Mosley and Mimi
Spencer in their book:

Its strength lies in its simplicity: fast for 2 days a week limiting your
calorie intake to 500 calories for women and 600 calories for men. On the
other five days you can eat as normal.

Men love this diet and are able to follow it because it is uncomplicated and easy to stick to.

Checking your calorie intake is no problem once you have a list of the foods you think you will enjoy on fast days along with how many calories each contain. I have listed a variety of foods and their calorie content on the healthy food list page.

The best way to explain the diet is to recount how it worked for me. Because I wanted to monitor my progress (most men enjoy playing with facts and figures), I set up a simple spreadsheet to record various aspects of the diet and how my body responded.

Below are the results from when I began the diet on 10th April 2013 until 2 weeks later

In just 2 short weeks I had lost 1.6kgs, my waist had shrunk 3cm and my
Body Mass Index (BMI) had dropped from 24.34 to 23.84.

I also recorded what I was eating every day and I soon got to know
roughly how many calories I was consuming with the foodstuffs I enjoy on fast
days.

It is important to start the day with breakfast and a typical one for me
was:

Yoghurt/honey/tea/orange juice

The yoghurt was low fat and sweetened with a teaspoon of honey. I had
only a small glass of orange juice to keep the calories down. I had a little
semi-skimmed milk in the tea as I am not keen on drinking it black although I
might make an exception for Earl Grey tea.

Lunch was the least important meal and usually comprised a piece of fruit
such as an apple or banana.

The evening meal often contained one of the following fish/chicken/omelette/beans.
With perhaps a small salad or vegetables.

Because I love cooking and wanted the fast day meals to be as tasty as
possible I would spend some time devising a variety of recipes, adding herbs
and spices and exploring low calorie versions of well known meals.

After 3 months on fast weight loss diets I noted with satisfaction from
my records that I had now lost 7.1kgs, my waist had shrunk to 89cm and my Body
Mass Index (BMI) had dropped to 22.13.

See below:

In conclusion I can heartily recommend the fast diet as it does exactly
what it says it will. I found that on non fast diet days I was eating less with
smaller portions without feeling in the slightest bit hungry.